Paper 4, Section I, A

Electromagnetism
Part IB, 2009

State the relationship between the induced EMF VV in a loop and the flux Φ\Phi through it. State the force law for a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field B\mathbf{B}.

A rectangular loop of wire with mass mm, width ww, vertical length ll, and resistance RR falls out of a magnetic field under the influence of gravity. The magnetic field is B=Bx^\mathbf{B}=B \hat{\mathbf{x}} for z0z \geqslant 0 and B=0\mathbf{B}=0 for z<0z<0, where BB is constant. Suppose the loop lies in the (y,z)(y, z) plane, with its top initially at z=z0<lz=z_{0}<l. Find the equation of motion for the loop and its terminal velocity, assuming that the loop continues to intersect the plane z=0z=0.